In his last role as  Chief Technologist (CT) for ASEAN, Worldwide Public Sector at Amazon Web Services (AWS),  Patrick served as a trusted technical advisor to government agency and other public sector customers in South-East Asia, primarily at the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) level. Along with his fellow CTs, who covered other segments and geographies, he worked to influence the evolution of AWS’s sales and services roadmaps to meet customers’ strategic needs. 

Prior to joining AWS, Patrick had served twenty-four years in the Singapore Government, in various capacities. The latest had been as CTO at the National Environment Agency of Singapore, where he drove R&D into waste-to-resource and environmental robotics, as well as various science and technology plans, systems and projects. Earlier, he had served at the National Research Foundation (on Singapore’s inaugural R&D plan and budget for digital economy), the then-Infocomm Development Authority (nationwide fibre broadband and wireless networks), the Ministry of Home Affairs (counter-terror technologies), and the then-National Computer Board (network and communication technologies). 

Patrick holds Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Science, Technology, and Society, from Stanford University, and a Master of Science in Management degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.